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Rakuten 1, at SoftBank 6

Sunday, August 16, 2026 · Final

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Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

58-84-1 · W1 · #7 (1281 ELO -2)

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 51

Fukuoka Softbank Hawks

98-50-3 · W7 · #1 (1455 ELO +2)

0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 6 120

Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome · Fukuoka, Japan

Attendance: 39,894

Shoji’s three RBIs lead SoftBank Hawks past Rakuten, 6‑1

FUKUOKA (Interstat) — Yudai Shoji drove in three runs and Tomoya Masaki hit a two-run homer as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks defeated the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 6-1 on Sunday night at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome. Haru Matsumoto pitched five innings of two-hit ball to earn the win, improving to 8-2. He struck out two. Rakuten starter Tatsuki Koja allowed no earned runs over five innings but took the loss, falling to 1-9. SoftBank took a 1-0 lead in the fifth when Kensuke Kondoh singled with two outs. The Hawks broke it open in the sixth, scoring four runs. Shoji tripled… Read more...

Top Statlines

Haru Matsumoto SOF 5ip 2h 0er 2k
Tatsuki Koja RAK 5ip 6h 0er 5k
Yudai Shoji SOF 2/3 3rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability SOF 72.5%

Spread RAK -1.5

Projected Score SOF 5 RAK 3

Over/Under 7.5 (Under)